HIDALGO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo and Anzalduas International Bridges arrested two women in connection with failed, unrelated drug smuggling attempts of hard narcotics worth $1,413,000
“These were two great interceptions of hard narcotics that our officers were able to detect and keep from entering our country and possibly causing harm to members of our community,” said Port Director Carlos Rodriguez, Port of Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas.
The first seizure occurred on Oct. 2, 2019 at the Anzalduas-Reynosa International Bridge. A CBP officer encountered a 40-year-old woman from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico in a black 2018 Nissan ...